Christian pastor disappointing at Virginia Tech

[BlessedinHim]

after what happened to that one navy pastor, it is no wonder, but after all he did to make it ok, they should exercise their right in the name of Jesus.

Luke 9: 25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.

We should not be ashamed or afraid to say the name of Jesus.

[JamesTKirksGirl]

Whoa to these pastors who may one day get a chance to face people as they are led to hell who heard the "polite non-gospel"....those hell bound may look at that pastor and say, "this is what your politness has led to for many"...I wonder how those "pastors will feel then ? sad to think about...

[Mailman Dan]

We had a sermon that hit on this topic sunday, about the straight and narrow, as well as what it ment to be "luke warm."

Jesus said the narrow path was the one few follow, and the wide path many went in. The world takes the wide path, allowing everyone to make any claim to heaven.

When something goes luke warm, it hits room temps. Frozen water or boiling water, will reach room temps when left out long enough. Because so many pastors and believers now have adjusted teaching to this world, they have taken the wide path.

The sermon will be online this week, i'll try to remember to post it... It did touch on the VA. shootings as well..


Dan~~~>thought it was a good sermon alot of people in the world would object too

[Doxiemom]

Oh, I have nothing against Lutherns. Just disappointened in this fellow

[ATYCLB]

Ashamed of the Gospel? Missed Opportunity at Virginia Tech
4-22-07
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2007/04/22/ashamed_of_the_gospel__missed_opportunity_at_virgi nia_tech

Each of the four speakers were there to represent their religion, to bring the message of comfort and hope rooted in their faith tradition. The Muslim speaker read passages from the Koran in Arabic and appealed to Allah, the Jewish speaker read from Ecclesiastes 3 while an assistant repeated the passages in Hebrew, the Buddhist quoted the Dalai Lama, while the Christian did not even quote from the Bible, nor mention the name of Jesus – the namesake of his religion.

What Mr. King said should be studied in every seminary in America. It is precisely what not to do when given the opportunity to bring the message of the Gospel of Jesus to those grieving the loss of loved ones and struggling to make sense of the evil visited upon them.

More . . . (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/FrankPastore/2007/04/22/ashamed_of_the_gospel__missed_opportunity_at_virgi nia_tech)

[BigDave]

In his defense, I seriously doubt that he would have been allowed to give a real gospel message. As much as I love Tech, it lines up along side most every other public school in terms of its hostility to Christianity.

[ATYCLB]

In his defense, I seriously doubt that he would have been allowed to give a real gospel message.
Only the fear of man or a lack of belief (or both) stopped him.

When he had the mic he could have said anything he wanted to say.
He had a platform. He had a worldwide audience. As a Christian, you
just don't waste that kind of opportunity.

[Annabelle]

Only the fear of man or a lack of belief (or both) stopped him.

When he had the mic he could have said anything he wanted to say.
He had a platform. He had a worldwide audience. As a Christian, you
just don't waste that kind of opportunity.


Well if you're afraid of the mike getting cut off, handcuff yourself to the podium and bring some kind of portable amplifier, so you just keep on talking :)

[Prince]

It definitely bothers me that Christianity and other religions are held to double-standards.

Tolerance toward all faiths is great, but that virtue is compromised when ours gets singled out as being less worthy of the same tolerance.

I'm okay with having people of many religions speak at the event. All of them should have been able to speak freely without holding back, including the Christian.

[BigBunny]

And did the Christian pastor invoke the name of Jesus? Nope. He spoke of the light, or maybe he was really veiling a reference to the Light. But, I was miffed at the missed opportunity to declare His Name to a world audience.

It made me wonder was the man being "polite" not to insult or was he told not to say the name of Jesus.

i'm a month late - but that *** that he couldn't even say the name of Jesus :doh if you can't say the name of the God you are representing on earth then you arn't worthy to wear the title Rev. or Pastor etc
maybe he was going the Oprah way & was using the word 'light' like she does the word 'force' & 'universe' - but then Oprah isn't out there wearing the title of Rev.